History of Thailand: The Country That Was Never Colonized
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Amazing video 👌🏼
Thanks for this video, I’m American but my Gf is living BKK and I’ve been very inter with their rich and lengthy history and culture 👍
U sure she isn’t a he? Hehehooo. Jk.
Thailand never colonized that true
Who is “Taskin?” We only know him as Taksin!
As a history channel, you inspire me
One of the more thoroughly researched and non bias videos on TH-cam. Besides some mispronunciations here and there, almost all of the information is correct.
I will try to list some mistakes and suggestions on top of my head.
1. Lavo has been a city of Mon people (and later Khmer) long before Sukhothai or Ayutthaya, not just from the 14th cent. onward. After the rise of Ayutthaya, Lavo lost some significance but later was restored in the reign of King Narai in the 17th cent. as the ”2nd” capital. But after that, it was relegated again to just another city.
2. Ayuthaya has incorporated both Buddhism and Hinduism since the early period and has developed its culture based on these 2 religions on top of the old Animistic ritual core. not just Buddhism or Hinduism as stated in the video. All of these beliefs can still be seen in modern-day Thailand.
3. It is still debatable that Sukhothai is the first kingdom of the Tai people in the area of what is known as Thailand nowadays because there were the kingdom of Ngoenyang and Singhanavati situated in the far north of Thailand since the 7th century. I do agree that Sukhothai's achievement of rebelling from the Khmer empire was quite remarkable and has settled the debate about its independence but I still think those northern kingdoms were also quite autonomous and can be considered real “kingdoms”.
4. The king was obviously named “Taksin” not Taskin😅
5. The word Tai or Thai actually means the same thing in Thai language (ไท -> ไทย). I believe the ย was added to this word first time in the Ayuthaya according to the known documents. (Still, both spellings were used interchangeably). By adding ย it gave a little quirk of Sanskrit name and had a more refined look compared to just plain ไท.
Actually, when Field Marshall Phibun suggested the word ไท or ไทย to be the new official name replacing Siam. The voting was held and ไท lost to ไทย by a small margin and then Thailand became Thailand officially.
Best commate
This was terrible dude, it just means you have no idea of the history
#1 Thai does Not mean Free, after that all of what he said is comical.
Thaksin was Chinese yes but Thongduang or Rama1 was Mon. If your going to ethnically identify one you should ethnically identify the guy that killed the other one
Tai is a Lao and Zhuang Lao word that means Place or location, it was adopted by the Siamese to mean the ethnic group or to mean people to “free…” basically just a nationalist creation
@tingtingnoy3133 5555โคตรมั่ว ไทเป็นคำลาวเฉย คนไท ที่เขาอยู่ที่อื่นเขาก็เรียกตัวว่าไท ตั้งเเต่สมัยไหน เราไม่เคยเรียกตัวเองว่าสยาม
Thailand is a great country.
That was remarkable in the ancient history of Thailand . It is very interesting to learn about the country I was born into.
uh note: the reformer is not Taskin, It's Tak Sin 👌
We call Phra chao Tak or taksin, Sin ( nickname) or Phraya Thonburi ( title )
Most Western European countries tried to conquer Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Nepal, Bhutan, Liberia, Korea, Japan and China. But they never came to be.
What European country tried to colonize Thailand? It says they used it as a buffer state, anyone of which could of colonized Thailand
@@tingtingnoy3133 I think probably UK.
@@aleksaradosavljevic4001 the guy said it was basically a French colony and only “independent” by name only.
@@tingtingnoy3133 Is your country weak? Thai-Siam battles with the Navy, Air Force and Army against France to compete for territories. No other country has waged a war like this. because they were slaves Are you jealous of Thailand?
@@BlakChaiyo Siam was really a French colony
Where is the first Thai King came from?
Would also be interesting to see Cambodia history
Um, why did u call Taksin, Taskin???
A lot of TH-cam channel also called him Taskin... I think it is the source's mistake
@@fanwtn5124 yeag
Yeah, I understand the mispronuciations, but this is flat out spelled wrong. Should double check before putting out a documentary on the subject.
ขอแปลเป็นไทยหน่อยครับ
FYI…..you don’t mine “bronze”…..
Myanmar already does 💀💀
Colonized by Mon and Tai Kadai
They are mon and Tai Kadai
it not a colony it a culture influence
The colonial are Western europe
I love thailand
This western reporter he just guess,if you want to know the real history you have to study histories around thailand 's neighbors countries.china ,laos,combodia that will be clear.This may be learn from 1800 not far back to ancient .
The Indian influence on Thailand is deeper and lasting. All their kings bore the name Rama!
Ofc because buddha and Hindu are from india influence to Southeast asia
Now we have ramayana story in thai art including buddhism architecture
Yes in our country have many influences by India cuz Buddhism, like Songkran festival, Loykratong festival and some of literature like Ramayana, etc.
Bangkok was the original name for Krungthep, Rattanakosin is the name of the dynasty
Thai dynasty is Chakri
Rattanakosin is the capital name just like Ayuttaya
Bangkok is Krungthep Mahanakorn Amon Rattanakosin
Ayuttaya was Krungthep Taravade Sri Ayuttaya
Thailand's Heavily Inspired By Indian & Chola Culture.
Why are there so support China! I don't know why are they so proud of China!
if all of them it from that side that you say?
Ps. Only question in my mind
Thai natives are restless gone. now that country is almost 80-90% All of them were half-Asians left. Native = Never
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😂
That’s what he said
Wtf so funny 🤣
damn.. even the king name is wrong...
W mans
🙏☦️Dear and beloved Thai, you are the descendants of HADORAM son of Joktan (ancestor of east Asians) of the line of Shem son of Noah:
■ *Yoktan*■(east Asian orientals):
*Almodad* (Olmec/Maya/Inca: YUCATAN - central+south Amaricas)
*Sheleph* (Sheyene/Sioux/Shivwits/Shoshone -YOKUTS- north native Americans)
*Hazarmaveth* (Hadramauts: QATAN - S.Arabia/Indonesia)
*Yerah* (Eskimos: Inuit/Aleut/Yupik -Yuuyaraq◇Tarqeq- YUKON, Greenland, Alaska, Canada)
*Hadoram* (Tai/Siam: kraDai, Kam, Dong, Ahom>dharma - Thailand, Burma, Laos)
*Uzal* (Turkic peoples: YAKUTS, Oguz..)
*Diklah* (Japanese, Koreans: Silla/Baekje/Goryeo/Hokkaido/Tokyo )
*Obal* (Han Chinese: Balhae/Mohe/Malgal )
*Abimael* (Viet/Khmer: Vietnam, Cambodia, Malay "Malang")
*Sheba* (Dravidians/Tamil: India, Sri Lanka)
*Ophir* (Austronesians: Indonesia/Malaysia> golden isles, Philippines, Polynesia, Micronesia)
*Havila* (Melanesians: Tibetans, Bhutan, Bengali, Nepali, Papuans, Australians - Solomon's islands)
*Yobab* (Mongols: Xianbei/Shiwei/Khitan)
I don't know which documents did you research from?
@@starmorning6197 Josephus and ancient historical sources
This is wrong information. Although The migration came in from china but around that time there is also other migration of other natives within the region of Southeast Asia who finally joined in with the local habitant who was already there well before the movement.
This part of information is now confirmed by the archaeologists team from all over the world on site studies that revealing more and more as they dig up and discovered cities and kingdoms some of which is much older than the Khmer. Particularly within the last 10-15 years in scientific research evidences which provided many proven results about the Thai older ancestral group going back as far as between 4000-6000 years. The latest discovery found which recently became UNESCO world heritage site in 2023 under taravadee period that is 1800-2200 years old and its known as the Sri-thape Kingdom.
So Thai are not all Chinese. Thai is the group of people coming together settling in one area around the central plain under the name of free people of the land or land of the free before it became a town, city then kingdom and finally empire. This is because around that time there were so many war lord and tribes dotted all over from north to south of the area or country trying to overtake & overthrow the most precious resources which is peoples.
DNA tests collection is a good way to determine who the Thai really are. The results shown only small Chinese DNA to that of India and others of the older bloodlines. The Thai need to stop believing old biased history that written up by others western. It is the right time to re write history using more facts from proven science along with the historical relevant evidences kept in records from passerby who doesn’t just came from European continent. Otherwise, everyone will keep saying that Thai is Chinese.
This is the same belief about the homo sapients, as science gets better the advancement already shown that they weren’t the only developed first form of human form Africa. In fact Southeast Asia have your own too. Do search it up, it is very interesting.
Yo bro you are right😊
Yes
I see some video says about noah's flood without any historical and scientific proof 😂😂
They are dumb🤣
Just have to end the video with an insult and keep that sense of superiority huh?
Too many howevers
khom is not Khmer. You have to understand this.
Yes
There is no khom but only Khmer, thais people called Khmer was Khmer Khrom (Khrom means lower) that is mean Khmer is at south because thai word there is no R sound and they keep calling Khmer Khom and in short is Khom but that is not the real name of Khmer. khmer is only Khmer just like Siam, Khmer people not call Siam but they call Seam instead.
@@soneouy3120 เขมรมีอินเทอร์เน็ตแล้วควรรับรู้ข้อมูลความจริงที่เป็นปัจจุบันของสากลได้แล้วครับ ถ้าเรายอมรับปัจจุบันไม่ได้เราก็ไม่มีอนาคต
Source Material must be Wikipedia
Thai does not mean free, Tai is a reference to a place or location. The word for Free is Issara. No Thai person has ever used the word Thai to mean free in any sentence in history.
😂😂😂😂😂😂 what it this so funny.
This is a middle finger to every imperialist out there.
wow first
Thailand had been colonized many times, well their kingdoms. Thailand is a reunion of all Tai-Siamese and some Mon kingdoms merged together. Those small kingdoms were colonized by Cambodia and Burma many times. The first Thai kingdom (Sukhothai) was a Cambodian province that gained independence. Not just that but the Toungoo Empire (modern day Burma/Myanmar) once ruled over the whole of Siam (a Tai-Siamese kingdom).
Can't accept the truth?

Thaksin was Chinese and Rama1 was Mon. Funny how most Wikipedia historians skipped the second part,
Thaksin going insane has more to do with legitimizing the usurper’s then actual history.
Is your country weak? Thai-Siam battles with the Navy, Air Force and Army against France to compete for territories. No other country has waged a war like this. because they were slaves Are you jealous of Thailand? 😂
ประเทศคุณขี้แพ้ ด้อยพัฒนา ปมด้อยของคุณชัดมาก😂
@@siamchaiyo3349 อะไรของคุณเห็นหลายเม้นแลัว หลอนอ่อหรือมาป่วนหรืออยากมีตัวตนผมงงด่าเค้าไปเรื่อยสงสัยจะบ้า
This it videos from Cambodia people not good for believed.
,,,😂😂😂😂
They all know about this facts but only in thailand they didn’t know because government and elder keep hiding from Thais people.
Seriously 😒 We applying Darwin’s theory on this too.. 🙄 smh
Lol you don’t believe in science?
Unclear history. Need to do more research.
gotta love how unbias the video is XD well done. yeah Thailand is suffer a lot of corruption and military coup. I think if Thailand could find a way to stopping military to have enough authority to involve with politic the country will develop fast. It is 13 times that Thailand has a military coup.
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ผมมาจากประเทศไทย
มาทักทายพวกคุณที่มาจากประเทศทาสอาณานิคม😂
We were to be slaves once beacause we lost the war but thais is always thieves forever because you are living in others’ house and land and keep stealing and claim to be your owns.